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Record Nr.

UNINA9910149019903321

Autore

Kleinberg Darren

Titolo

Hybrid judaism : Irving Greenberg, encounter, and the changing nature of American Jewish identity / / Darren Kleinberg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston, Massachusetts : , : Academic Studies Press, , 2016

©2016

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (169 pages)

Collana

Studies in Orthodox Judaism

Classificazione

NY 4900

Altri autori (Persone)

DollingerMarc

Disciplina

296.832092

Soggetti

Rabbis - United States

Multiculturalism - Religious aspects - Judaism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I -- Part II -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

American Jewish identity has changed significantly over the course of the past half century. During this time, Irving Greenberg developed a unique theology that anticipated David Hollinger's notion of postethnicity and represents a compelling understanding of contemporary American Jewish identity. Greenberg's covenantal theology and image of God idea combine into what Kleinberg refers to as Hybrid Judaism. Central to Greenberg's theology is recognition of the transformative power of encounter in an open society, heavily influenced by his own encounters across Jewish denominational boundaries and through his participation in the Christian-Jewish dialogue movement. Presented here for the first time, Greenberg's theology of Hybrid Judaism has great relevance for our understanding of American Jewish identity in the twenty-first century.